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TIMOTHY JOHNSON, MD
CEO, Mayo Clinic Health System— Franciscan Healthcare
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM– Franciscan Healthcare best serves our community when it can improve the overall health and well-being of the people in our community. There’s no better way to achieve that goal than through collaboration with organizations like Hillview Urban Agriculture Center. Together, we can provide the education, tools and encourage- ment that foster respect for our own well-being and for the health of our environment.
LEE RASCH, EdD
President, Western Technical College
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN A region that values collaboration. Developing vibrant local food systems involves more than just promoting efficient and sustainable practices. It involves a commit- ment to community engagement and collaborative solutions. And that makes them so much more profound. In the future, I believe we will see other community collabora- tive efforts following the Hillview Urban Agriculture Center model.
CINDY A. MISCHNICK
Reference Librarian, La Crosse Public Library
IN 2013, AS A NATURAL RESPONSE
to several dynamic local food initiatives in La Crosse, the Public Library launched Wisconsin’s first seed library. Our community strives to be a front runner by raising awareness and developing local healthy food systems. These are systems that will touch families, businesses and organizations alike and help to make food innovation possible. In 100 years, we hope that every yard in La Crosse will have
a family garden, that every day is a local market day, and that every meal displays a multicolored array of these home-grown fresh fruits and vegetables. Our community’s commitment is to growth, prosper- ity and innovation.
JENNIFER SHILLING
State Senator, 32nd Senate District
OUR GROWING LOCAL FOOD
system has helped to revive many small communities across western Wisconsin. Over the next 100 years, I see an even greater network between farmers, producers and consum- ers—both urban and rural—and an economic boom across rural Wiscon- sin as the knowledge and value of consuming local products grows.
JILL BILLINGS
State Representative, 95th Assembly
DURING THE NEXT 100 YEARS, I anticipate the public will want an even better understanding of where our food comes from, who grows our food, and the importance of eating local. We are lucky to have some of the richest soil in the state and I envision the Coulee Region becoming a leader in promoting sustainable, local, and accessible food systems for everyone.
TARA JOHNSON
La Crosse County Board Chair
IN 2007, THE CITY OF LA CROSSE
and La Crosse County became “Eco-municipalities,” adopting the Natural Step framework to develop a community that is ecologically, economically, and socially healthy. In the next 100 years, a sustainable local food system will be an impor- tant part of attaining the goals we have set for the greater La Crosse community. A healthy, local and sustainable food system will add to the quality of life for everyone.
BILL SOPER
CEO, La Crosse Area YMCA
THE LA CROSSE AREA FAMILY YMCA is proud to partner with the Hillview Urban Agriculture Center, as we rec- ognize that we’re most effective in impacting the health and well-being of our community when we collabo- rate with others. As our Y expands on its longtime commitment to supporting healthy living, we know that by partnering and collaborat- ing, we will most effectively build a healthier future for our community’s children by creating environments rich in opportunities for healthy eat- ing and physical activity.
MICHELLE SCHRY
CEO/General Manager, People’s Food Cooperative, Inc., La Crosse, WI and Rochester, MN
IN 100 YEARS OUR COMMUNITIES
will have recognized that our food
is connected to all of the other decisions that we make, locally and globally, about land use, the protec- tion of our water and air, energy resources, nutrition, manufacturing, transportation, and economic justice for producers and eaters. Every choice that we make ripples. In the next 100 years we will break out of the artificial silos that keep us think- ing that our decisions are made in a vacuum and are disconnected from the consequences.
MIKE DESMOND
Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Greater La Crosse
THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB’S COLLABO- ration with Hillview Urban Agricul- ture Center has not only directly impacted not only kids at the Club, but their families as well. Their dedication to healthy eating fits perfectly with our Healthy Lifestyles Program, to the youth we serve healthy eating habits. In the next 100 years I envision many more col- laborations with organizations such as Hillview that will benefit the entire community.
LYNNETTA P. KOPP
Executive Director, Coulee Region RSVP
THE COULEE REGION RETIRED AND Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) is proud to be an integral partner with Hillview Urban Agriculture Center in its endeavors to create a healthy and sustainable food community. The efforts of Hillview Urban Agri- culture Center are directly parallel with the mission and services of Coulee Region RSVP—to alleviate food insecurity in our community. Together, Coulee Region RSVP and Hillview Urban Agriculture Center are combining our efforts to elimi- nate food insecurity and create a healthy environment for all through- out the community.
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